All those things one hears about the painting methods and techniques of John Singer Sargent come to an excellent example in his Portrait of Mrs. Hugh Hammersley of 1892. Sargent can manage a tour de force of a painterly approach like very few other artists. Of course, it is said that he admired Velazquez … Continue reading
I start fresh. I look at this picture as if the first time in seeing. Although difficult to do so, the Daughters of Edward Darley Boit has been pondered and subjected to voracious scrutiny and detailed psychoanalysis. Not infrequently this picture has been proclaimed the greatest produced by an American and, upon examination, hardly presents many … Continue reading
***In reading up on Sargent and, in particular, his Daughters of Edward Darley Boit for a new article for this website, I came across this writing by Henry James, originally published in Harper’s Magazine in October of 1887. Due to my attraction to the works of James and to a subject I find of great … Continue reading
